Search results
- Pungently atmospheric, brilliantly textured and featuring superb performances from every performer in parts big and small. 90 Variety Lisa Nesselson The wrenching tale has something for anyone who likes their melodrama spiked with palpable tension and genuine suspense.
People also ask
Is before the Devil Knows You're Dead a good crime melodrama?
Who are the actors in the movie before the Devil Knows You’re dead?
Is 'before the Devil Knows You're Dead' a negative?
Is before the Devil Knows You're Dead a good movie?
What is the lesson in 'before the Devil Knows You're Dead'?
Who are the heroes in before the Devil Knows You're Dead?
Nov 1, 2007 · 4 min read. Two brothers (Ethan Hawke, left, and Philip Seymour Hoffman) plan a jewel robbery in Before the Devil Knows You re Dead. Sidney Lumet‘s “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” is such a superb crime melodrama that I almost want to leave it at that.
‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’ PRESS KIT “I read the script and I was enchanted,” Lumet recalls. “I thought it was a wonderful story. There’s nothing like good melodrama, and the continual surprises in the script just bowled me over.” Lumet’s appreciation for melodrama is unique.
Jan 7, 2008 · Updated 08 January 2008. Contains a strong sex scene, strong language and hard drug use. The title of Sidney Lumet's emotionally hyper-charged melodrama is taken from an old...
Oct 26, 2007 · Directed by Sidney Lumet. Crime, Drama, Thriller. R. 1h 57m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 26, 2007. The grim lesson of “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” is delivered by an elderly jewelry dealer...
- Sidney Lumet
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” incorporates both these themes and is very much in the tradition of his previous works. “I read the script and I was enchanted,” Lumet recalls. “I thought it was a wonderful story. There’s nothing like good melodrama, and the continual surprises in the script just bowled me over.”
Jun 21, 2024 · “I am not optimistic at all about American society”: Sidney Lumet on Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Upon the release of what would be his final film, Sidney Lumet spoke about shooting digitally, melodrama and tragedy and getting audiences to know terrible people. From our February 2008 issue.
On top of everything else going on, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is the most explicitly tragic film I've seen in quite a while, to the point where it shades uncomfortably into melodrama; but this is a brutal movie. I can't even begin to hint at why without jumping feet first into spoiler territory, but consider that my word of caution.